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Thursday, February 9, 2017

The Boston

As I have now relocated to just north of Boston, it seemed fitting to turn to a Boston model from Vortic.

Here are the pertinents -

Watch Features:

This watch features a water-resistant, titanium 3D printed case with a
raw, matte finish. The colonial-sized movement correlates to
Vortic's 46mm case diameter and the mechanics of the movement are
visible through the Gorilla Glass crystal of the exhibition style,
stainless steel back. The open face configuration movement places the
small seconds at 6 O'clock with the crown at 12 O'clock.
The original, blued steel, "kite" style hands point to an excellent
condition metal dial with raised gold numerals. This watch is especially
unique due to its digital seconds readout. Instead of a normal small
seconds dial and hands, the main dial has a window showing a spinning
seconds dial moving at the pace of a normal seconds hand. This is called
a digital seconds readout, and it is fairly rare among pocket watches.Watch SpecsManufacturer: Vortic Watch CompanyProduction Year: 2017Warranty: Vortic 2-Year Revolving WarrantySerial: 2WO1217032Dimensions:

Movement Features:

1931 Waltham Digital No. 1235

Originally produced by the Waltham Watch Company in 1931, this
"No. 1235" grade movement is actually a colonial-sized movement making
it slightly wider and thinner than an average 12 size movement. The
Colonial sizes would eventually claim the title of thinnest production
movement in the United States with later models. This particular movement is set up for a digital seconds readout making it relatively difficult to find.

From a Waltham advertisement: "Accuracy in
time-keeping is obtained in no other way than from extreme accuracy in
the manufacture of each separate part. [Colonial sizes are] extremely
thin at no sacrifice of accuracy."